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    • APICDA
      APICDA last edited by

      I will  be quick and to the point.  I am clearly a novice. I received a notice on my seomoz  account that I had 12 pages with a Rel Canonical issue.  It seems serious.  Can this be a quick fix?  Any thoughts?  Below is the site address.

      petbarnpdx.com

      Thanks in advance for any input on this!      Dave

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      • GeorgeDavis
        GeorgeDavis last edited by

        Quilbur - Notices on your site aren't necessarily there to concern you, just for you to make sure you are aware of them.  I spot checked your site and it appears you are using the rel=canonical tag correctly.  You have 12 total pages, all of them have a correct rel=canonical tag.  Nothing to worry about.

        I did PM you a couple of other suggestions for things you should tweak however.

        Good luck!

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        • SEMCLIX
          SEMCLIX last edited by

          For dynamic pages that contain a ? in the URL

          To specify a canonical link to the page http://www.example.com/product.php?item=apple-ipod, create a  element as follows:

          Copy this link into the  section of your site.

          Copy this link into the  section of all non-canonical versions of the page, such as http://www.example.com/product.php?item=apple-ipod&sort=price.

          For static pages

          To specify a canonical link to the page http://www.example.com/apple-ipod, create a  element as follows:

          Copy this link into the  section of your site.

          Here is a link to Webmaster Tools about rel=canonical - http://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?answer=139394

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